What is LexisNexis® Standard Essential Patent Data?
It is a family of structured datasets covering patent-adjacent data related to declared Standard Essential Patents. The first dataset available is Standards and Contributions, which covers published standards, revision history, development contributions, and meeting attendance; a Declarations dataset is planned to follow.
Who typically uses Standard Essential Patent Data?
IP and licensing teams, standards specialists, legal researchers, technology strategists, and data teams use it to research standards and contributions activity alongside their own patent research and analysis.
What does the Standards and Contributions offering include?
It includes structured records of published technical standards, their revisions, contributions submitted during standards development, and meeting attendance documentation.
How can the data support SEP research?
Standards-development records add context about how specifications evolved and which organizations participated. You can use that context alongside your own patent research, including prior-art-adjacent search, and SEP research.
Can I use the data for prior-art research?
The data may help you locate relevant standards documentation and contributions, with links to original sources where available.
Can I research which organizations participated in standards development?
Yes you can. Contribution and meeting records provide information about submitting organizations and recorded meeting participation, where available.
Can I access the original standards and contribution documents?
Records include links to original documents or source pages where those links are available.
Is Standards and Contributions available now?
Yes, Standards and Contributions is available. A Declarations dataset is planned to follow.
Are Standards and Contributions and Declarations licensed together or separately?
They are licensed and sold as separate datasets. Customers who purchase both will be able to join them together.
Do I need the LexisNexis® IPlytics™ platform to use this data?
No. Standards and Contributions is a standalone structured dataset. Customers who want full SEP essentiality analysis, proprietary indicators such as Essentiality Scores, or complete undeclared-landscape views should use the IPlytics platform.
How is the data delivered?
Planned delivery is via Databricks or Delta Sharing, subject to final commercial and operational readiness.
Does this data determine whether a patent is essential to a standard?
No. Standards and Contributions is not intended as proof of SEP essentiality or legal status, and should not be positioned as such.
Is coverage complete across all standards bodies and time periods?
No. Coverage, metadata, and status values vary by standards-setting organization and source, and are not guaranteed to be complete across every organization, document, or historical period.
Choosing the right dataset depends on your data needs, use cases, and integration requirements. If you want to learn more and discuss your specific needs after reviewing these FAQs, please complete this form and a member of the team will reach out to you.